Casa Marina Key West, Curio Collection by Hilton

I am writing this review as a vendor and on behalf of the Christine Janda Design & Events team hailing from Chicago, Illinois. We were hired by a local client from the Northern Suburbs of Chicago to plan their 4-day wedding weekend, in addition to executing all floral and design elements. Doing all of this for a Key West wedding from Chicago brought its' share of obstacles, but none that couldn't be worked through because we had the amazing Lori Harding from Casa Marina on our side. Lori could simply NOT have been more helpful to our entire team throughout the six months of planning. She answered every question, sent us recommendations of local vendor partners, helped us with every odd request, all without a flinch. She was so willing to help through every element and was genuinely so kind and wonderful to work with when it was time for the actual event! The rest of the Casa team, especially Lubos, the FABULOUS catering manager were equally wonderful to work with. A very well-oiled machine who welcomed our Chicago team with open arms. As vendors, we can with utmost confidence recommend this resort for your wedding and know that you'll be in the best of hands with Lori and her team working beside you!

The most beautiful wedding venue we could have asked for! Beyond the beauty, the site management team at Casa was unbelievable. Blair is a rockstar and helped us achieve our perfect weekend, making the stressors go away and ensuring that all guests had a fantastic time. So many compliments on food were given out for dinner and brunch, which is absolutely a plus. 10/10 would recommend!

There is simply nowhere in Key West that compares to this venue. I explored every option on the island and along the entire Florida Keys, and only Casa Marina was able to check ALL of the following boxes: 1) An on-site Plan B for inclement weather Your ceremony will simply be moved indoors or into one of the hotel's outdoor/covered corridors. Plan B for weather is critical for a Florida wedding and we greatly appreciated having a built-in backup plan without any additional $$ or movement for our guests. 2) Beach wedding ceremony with a hotel ballroom for the reception Casa's beach is one of the only private beaches on Key West so your ceremony can be private, aside from hotel guests watching (and cheering) from afar. The iconic Casa walkway from the beach to the hotel is absolutely breathtaking for guests and photos! The ceremony and cocktail hour both are hosted outside to enjoy the gorgeous early evening weather and then guests can head inside for the private reception. The Flager Ballroom is stunning with ceilings lined with wood and built-in dance floor. We simply couldn't find another venue in Key West that offered us both an indoor and outdoor option in one place while also accommodating our guest count. 3) Ability to host a guest count of 140+ guests Many other venues on the island were non-starters for us due to our guest count. Casa was easily able to accommodate our guest count and in their beautiful, recently remodeled Flagler ballroom. In addition to our baseline requirements that Casa met above, we were blown away by the menu selections we enjoyed at our tasting. We were only disappointed that we couldn't offer our guests more than 2 options as we couldn't seem to narrow down! The Casa puts on a lovely tasting appointment with personalized menus, samples of your selected dishes and wine. We especially loved meeting the Chef and being able to add suggestions to personalize the dishes based on guest dietary preferences - we even have his email address. Casa's preferred vendor list also got us connected to wonderful + local vendors on the island. These vendors have become our family over the past year of planning and we are so excited we went with local as opposed to bringing anyone down from South Florida. One of our only 'wishes' would be that Casa would offer a room block for guests as opposed to a 10% discount. We believe more of our guests would have chosen to stay at the wedding hotel with a room block/room block pricing, making it easier to do welcome bags and gather the guests in one spot. That being said, Key West is full of options for guest lodging and our guests ended up just booking all over the island. Finally, I'd like to give a HUGE shoutout to our wedding coordinator Blaire. She has been by our side for the entirety of our planning process since March 2019. She recommended my FH and I come down to visit on a popular wedding date a year out from our wedding to see the venue + experience the weather + watch the wedding from afar (sitting on a beach hammock!) She also hosted my parent's for a tour on another trip without us even being there. She also helped schedule a beautiful wedding tasting for my parents, FH and I this past January and sat through the tasting and answered all of our questions/suggestions. I most appreciate her support through our recent postponement due to COVID-19 which took us from our May 2020 to February 2021 wedding date. Thank you Blaire!

We had the most amazing wedding weekend at the Casa Marina, A Waldorf Astoria Resort in Key West Florida. The staff was amazing and made us feel so special with all of the little details during not just our wedding day, but the entire stay. The venue is absolutely beautiful with many wonderful touches that made it the wedding of our dreams! The beaches were beautiful. Food was delicious. We couldn't have picked a better place to say "I do!"